Contemporary issues in healthcare law and ethics

 Content: Using the law to promote our policy goals and ethical principles --
 The American legal system --
 How to conduct legal research --
 The legal structure and governance of healthcare organizations --
 Government regulation of public health and healthcare services --
 Protecting the privacy of medical information --
 Medical staff membership and clinical privileges --
 The law of government payment programs: medicare, medicaid, and fraud and abuse --
 Antitrust law in the healthcare field --
 The law of tort liability --
 Legal and ethical obligations to provide care --
 Legal and ethical issues in termination or refusal of care and physician-assisted suicide --
 Human reproduction --
 Selective contracting with providers --
 Financial incentives to provide less care --
 Controlling utilization of healthcare services --
 Health insurance and the ongoing effort to achieve universal coverage.